Common use of Department Chair Office Hours Clause in Contracts

Department Chair Office Hours. 1. Department Chairs will have on-campus Department Chair Office Hours as part of their Department Chair load. 2. On-campus office hours associated with department chair responsibilities are calculated as follows: a. To determine the order in a normal load that department chair hours are placed, see the order for calculating load in Article 21 (Faculty Load and Overload). b. Each department chair hour in a faculty’s normal load, will reduce the office hours requirement by 2/3 of an office hour. c. Department chair responsibilities will carry on-campus office hours dedicated to performing chair work that do not overlap with regular meetings or other activities, as identified in the table below: Department Chair Load Hours (per semester) On‐campus Office Hours per week 0.00 to 3.00 1 3.01 to 6.00 2 6.01 to 9.00 3 9.01 to 12.00 4 3. Department Chairs will not be required to schedule more than ten (10) hours per week between their combined regular Office Hours and Department Chair On- Campus Office Hours, unless their load exceeds twenty-one (21) hours or forty- five (45) clock hours per week. In those cases two (2) additional Office Hours are required.